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Sree Muthappan

Sree Muthappan Thiruvappana and Vellatom. Vishnu (with fish-shaped crown) and Shiva (a crescent-shaped crown). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sree_Muthappan cf. Muthappan Theyyam Muthappan means grandfather in Malayalam language)....As a boy, Muthappan was rebellious. He was a great hunter and would skin the animals that he killed and wear their skins as clothes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muthappan one as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu called the Thiruvappana and one as of Lord Shiva called the VeLLaTTom http://www.anothersubcontinent.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3259&pid=103742&mode=threaded&show=&st=&